"HE REMEMBERETH THAT WE ARE DUST." He does not deal with us after our sins; nor does He reward us according to our iniquities. Men regard us differently. They fancy us strong when we are weak, healthy when we are sick, comfortable when we are suffering; but God knows our frame. It is not bare knowledge but knowledge united with love: knowledge that awakens sympathy, knowledge that takes the will for the deed. He knows the weakness of our constitutions, the exact nature of our temperament, the shattered state of the nerves, the secret disease which causes irritability, or depression. He can distinguish between what proceeds from physical causes and what flows from the depravity of our hearts. He knows every avenue by which temptation can enter, and the effects which external objects, or mental images have upon us. He knows and makes allowance, saying, "The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." Beloved, you may not know the cause of your depression, or irritability, or excitability, but your heavenly Father knows, and "Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him."

For Meditation:
God knows the frailty of our frame,
"Weakness" - the banner o'er our name;
And as the parent's bosom moves,
In pity, o'er the child he loves,
So will the Lord His children care,
He loves to hear their child-like prayer.